Asheville- Blue Ridge Mountain Moon Rise

by Zsanan Studio

Title

Asheville- Blue Ridge Mountain Moon Rise

Artist

Zsanan Studio

Medium

Mixed Media - Original Paintings And Digital Mixed Media

Description

ASHEVILLE- BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAIN MOON RISE
the cliffs that "speak of vanishing time" ~ Billy Collins


I am here in my studio in Asheville, North Carolina-- where the sentinel peaks of The Blue Ridge Mountains " speak of vanishing time"--and overlook the confluence​ of the French Broad river (racing north) and the Swannanoa (flowing west) -- feeling inspired.

The clouds surround the studio this early morning. The temperate rainforest is speaking--calling me to walk the trails, travel the mountain coves, ​ ​follow those rivers to creeks and waterfalls and stretch up to ​where the ​tall hemlocks live--and share the images nature provides.

Hope this brings you a sense of joie de vivre .

Here, from one of my canvases (acrylic)- I borrow bits --then, from a photo I took of ​one Asheville scene converted on canvas​ (accentuated with ink​) I create a mixed media collage.​

Another photo of that collage ​ then came​to Photoshop for digital manipulations (100s of layers) and rendering.


IF you imagine it, you may notice, sculpted into the mountanside, the profile shadow of a Cherokee elder instilled there.

Here is lyrical abstraction-- a fusion-collage-- simultaneously sparse and exciting. It is​ my effort to visually narrate the point where logic meets emotion. In that place, change with compassion ​can happen.


THEME:: Landscapes

Landscapes (inner and outer) offer the opportunity to bring together slices of my original art in a collage, digitally-rendered. Blended elements, both abstract and organic, become a “fusion” lyrically abstracted and ripe for story telling.

In this case, the narrative is about facing challenges-- a visual metaphor for life as we know it. It symbolizes engagement and possible joie de vivre.

MEDIA:: Again, this is an example of my process: Sketch for composition to canvas and/or paper, sometimes, oil pastels, sometimes acrylic paint. The result then captured as a photo and brought to create a JPEG. Finally, digital layering of the original materials.


Objective:: Narrative art with emotive content- that offers an opportunity for the viewer to interpret the story being told, and thus add to the story. (Some are inner landscapes.) Whether as a digital abstractionist, working as well on canvas and with photography to produce mixed media images, my hope is to engage the viewer.

Symbolism :: Ever a sense of joy of life, transitions, new perceptions that evoke positive change, the embracing of an inner - symbolic-mythic- visual landscape that can reveal how disparate parts work together when visual impressions, founded on simple or more complex designs, build on a promising tale of life on Earth.

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PHILANTHROPIC CAUSES -THANK YOU!!!
A portion of the proceeds from purchases support
PET RESCUE –especially our local https://www.mountainpetrescueavl.org/-
and CANCER RESEARCH.

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April 27th, 2023

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